so apparently in Middlesbrough, UK, they're going to start employing the use of CCTV that will shout at you if you're doing something wrong.

as in, if a security camera sees you litter or try to steal a traffic cone, that security camera will actually shout something at you as a means of law enforcement. In news reports, they stated that "childern's voices are to be used initially to make the encounter less confrontational.

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it's not that it gets explicitly censored. it's just that the mass media and cnn and fox and everyone will ignore it, and so nobody except for a select few will ever know about it. that's not censorship; that's prioritization!

if it doesn't involve troops dying and/or politics, US media doesn't care. "insurgents" is the bullshit-password in the states more than "interactive" because most viewers don't understand what it means.

so i tend to have cynical views about the local intelligence levels.

but the article is AMAZING. Angry British people rule. And I agree, it appears that R&D is become an extinct species. Hey let's install shouting cameras and use negative reinforcement to condition people to avoid certain areas of town and develop intense paranoia. GREAT IDEA. APPROVED.